# CVE-2024-7624: Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.101 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Privilege Escalation

> Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to access plugin settings due to missing capability checks in Zephyr Project Manager.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9xj-qgpm-mj78

## What is CVE-2024-7624?

CVE-2024-7624 is a high-severity vulnerability in dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager, published on 15 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.101. This is due to the plugin not properly checking a users capabilities before allowing them to enable access to the plugin's settings through the update_user_access() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to grant themselves full access to the plugin's settings.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7624?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zephyr-One Zephyr Project Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7624?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7624 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager

- [CVE-2022-2840](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2840/): Zephyr Project Manager < 3.2.5 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-37484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37484/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.97 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-38761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38761/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.99 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Export File vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-32526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-32526/): WordPress Zephyr Project Manager plugin <= 3.3.101 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-7356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7356/): Zephyr Project Manager <= 3.3.100 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via filename Parameter (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7624 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7624 is a high-severity vulnerability in dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager, published on 15 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: dylanjkotze Zephyr Project Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7624/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7624/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7624
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7624
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7624

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7624/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.